Hypothetical planet on the other side of the Sun from Earth.
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Examples for "antichthon "
Examples for "antichthon "
1 Hicetes the Pythagorean, that there are two earths, this and the Antichthon , or the earth opposite to it.
2 Some of the Pythagoreans say, that the splendor arises from the earth, its obstruction from the Antichthon (or counter-earth).
1 It was, perhaps, largely to account for such eclipses that the counter - earth was invented.
2 Some of the Pythagoreans say, that the splendor arises from the earth, its obstruction from the Antichthon (or counter-earth).
3 Their count of the heavenly bodies, including the sphere of the fixed stars, seemed to show nine, and the counter - earth supplied the missing body.
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